twisting

adjective

  1. 1

    marked by repeated turns and bends

    a tortuous road up the mountain

    winding roads are full of surprises

noun

  1. 1

    the act of rotating rapidly

    he gave the crank a spin

    it broke off after much twisting

  2. 2

    the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

Synonyms

Also useful for “twisting”:Unscrambler